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Keyboardist and music producer with eight years of experience playing live with a corporate and wedding band, producing jingles and arranging songs for independent artists. Skilled in Logic Pro, Ableton Live and sound design, with more than 400 live shows across India.
Nikhil D’SouzaWhat I bring to the lesson
Depth of practice, note by note — five notes is a scale fully learned.
Live keyboards and synths
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Music production
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Logic Pro
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Ableton Live
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Arrangement and orchestration
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Jingle composition
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Mixing basics
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Band leadership
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Sight-reading
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Sound design
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One tempo, worked through
DAILY PRACTICE · 4 STAGES · WARM-UP TO PERFORMANCE
Nikhil's view: Music class shouldn't be forty minutes of clapping along to a worksheet, and it shouldn't be a pressure cooker for the one 'talented' kid either. Every student gets an instrument in their hands, a scale they can actually play, and one small piece they're proud to perform — even if 'perform' just means their own living room.
- Warm-up — five minutes of scales, no exceptions.
- Technique — the hard bar, isolated and slowed down.
- Repertoire — the piece, start to finish, mistakes allowed.
- Performance — play it once for someone. Anyone. Every week.
Where the ear was trained
Diploma in Music Production and Audio Engineering
Private audio engineering instituteCapstone: full EP recorded, mixed and mastered with a four-piece bandBachelor of Commerce
Autonomous college affiliated to a state universityCertified — on paper too
Trinity College London Grade 8…
Trinity College London Grade 6…
Apple Certified Pro, Logic Pro
One track at a time
Every setlist has an opener. These are the ones that mattered.
5 years · current
Music Director and Keyboardist
Eight-piece live band for weddings and corporate events
Direct an eight-piece band across 70 to 90 shows a year, from sangeets and receptions to award nights for 1,500 guests.
6 years · part-time
Freelance Music Producer
Independent artists and advertising agencies
Produced and arranged 30 singles for independent artists, from demo to final mix handed over to mastering engineers.
2 years
Keyboard Teacher
Western music academy
Taught keyboard and music theory to 35 students, preparing learners for Trinity grade exams from initial level to grade six.
Standing ovations
Best Music Educator — State Award2023Karnataka Education Board
State Finalist — School Choir Championship2022Conducted a 45-voice school choir
Featured Soloist, All India Radio (Hindustani Vocal)2013Youth artists showcase
Practice, in pictures
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Annual concert, Grade 6 choir — 2025
State choir finals, backstage
Piano lab, one-on-one lesson
Music theory class, Grade 8
Hindustani vocal workshop
End-of-term recital, proud parents in the back row
Things I keep writing down
Building a choir from six shy voices
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Read →Kind words
“My daughter went from refusing to touch the piano to asking for a metronome for her birthday. That's Nikhil ma'am.”
ParentGrade 4 piano student“She built a real choir out of us — not just a group of kids miming at the December concert.”
Ananya K.Grade 11, choir“Nikhil restructured our entire music curriculum in one year. Elective enrolment doubled.”
PrincipalGreenwood High International SchoolNow booking
Teacher available — bring your loudest choir
OPEN TO NEW ENGAGEMENTS: SEPTEMBER 2026 · ONE TRIAL LESSON, ANY INSTRUMENT
Current employerGreenwood High International School, Bengaluru
Current roleKeyboardist & Music Producer
Open toKeyboardist & Music Producer · Choir Director · IB/IGCSE Music Faculty
Expected salary₹9–12 LPA
Willing to relocateYes — Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad · international schools anywhere in India
Notice period60 days
Principal, Greenwood High International SchoolCurrent employer · Shared on request
Director, Bhatkhande Music InstituteM.A. supervisor · Shared on request
Find your way here
Current address14/2, Indiranagar 2nd Stage, Bengaluru 560038, Karnataka
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Phone / WhatsApp+00 00000 00000
Note for recruitersBuilding a music program from scratch? Let's talk curriculum, not just a December concert.